这里的matter为什么不用复数?感觉很奇怪？前面的criteria都是复数啊！The internet lets people compare cities and neighbourhoods by whatever criteria matter to them, from house prices to commuting times.
Flo's the chosest thing to a mother I've had in a really long time.这个句子to a mother是定语还是对象状语？I've had in a really long time如果是mother的定语，则翻译为“我在很长时间内已经有的妈妈”，这似乎不太通顺呀，这句话该怎么捋顺...
But not all pretended deeds have to fall short of their normal function in order to ____ their communicative purpose.A.serve B.succeed C.complete D.accomplishsurve a purpose有“达到目的”，serve its purpose有“起到作用”的意思。我觉得serve与...
...he authors admit that they didn’t compare different sedentary
activities to determine whether TV watching was linked to a greater risk of
diabetes, heart disease or clearly death compared with, say, reading.尤其使最后面的部分，谢谢!
…whose bounty and beneficence has preferred me to the valuable rectory
of this parish, where it shall be my earnest endeavor to demeans myself with
grateful respect towards her Ladyship...”“她的慷慨友爱，让我获得了这个教区的住宅，我将真诚竭力做好自己的为人，...
Increases whichs previously occurred in as little as 5 seconds now may
take five times as long to achieve.老师们，这个句子to achieve意味着什么？为什么不接宾语？as long 又如何去理解？麻烦老师帮学生解答一下？
being doneto be doneto have donehaving doneto be doingdoing以上这些在做状语的时候分别表示怎样的状态？to have done通常在句中表示发生在谓语动作之前的动作？having done通常在句首做独立状语？表示发生在谓语之前的动作？除了doing表主动之...
Chinese started to use chopsticks a long time ago, which gradually became a part of Chinese life.请教老师，1. which指代的是started to use chopsticks还是use chopsticks?2. 用became还是用has become，哪一个更恰当？谢谢老师。
请问instructing him...在句子中做什么成分？为什么不是用to instruct him?
The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps....